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<title>DEPENDENCIES</title>
<p>The current crypto implementation uses nifs to interface
- OpenSSLs crypto library and requires <em>OpenSSL</em> package
- version 0.9.8 or higher. FIPS mode support requires at least
- version 1.0.1 and a FIPS capable OpenSSL installation.</p>
+ OpenSSLs crypto library and may work with limited functionality
+ with as old versions as <em>OpenSSL</em> 0.9.8c.
+ FIPS mode support requires at least
+ version 1.0.1 and a FIPS capable OpenSSL installation. We recommend using a
+ version that is officially supported by the OpenSSL project. API compatible backends like
+ LibreSSL should also work.</p>
<p>Source releases of OpenSSL can be downloaded from the <url href="http://www.openssl.org">OpenSSL</url> project home page,
or mirror sites listed there.